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Electric Light Orchestra – Classic Album Collection
Legacy Recordings
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Rating: A

ELO, as they were widely known, were the brainchild of Jeff Lynne. The band hit the scene in the early 1970’s, developed some hardcore fans and then, later in the decade took their unique brand or rock meets orchestra to the world.

The band ended up hitting the Top 20 nineteen times in the USA with classic tunes released off a series of platinum selling albums.

This collection captures the band from their cult like debut, No Answer to million selling albums including Face the Music, A New World Record, Out of the Blue and Discovery.

Just in case you lived in a hole in the ‘70’s then let me remind you what songs can be found on this low priced collection of the band’s eleven albums. For starters there is "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Evil Woman," "Telephone Line," "Livin' Thing," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," "Mr. Blue Sky," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold on Tight." But that just scratches the surface. Other classic tracks include “Last Train to London,” “Tight Rope,” Turn to Stone,” “Showdown,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Strange Magic,” “Shine a Little Love,” “Twilight” and “The Diary of Horace Wimp.”

There was never another band like ELO. They were original, wrote great songs with fantastic pop hooks and were loved by those who were just watching the charts or music aficionados. It was a rare band that could have pop success yet be respected by serious musicians. ELO were one such band. This is a treasure trove of tunes for ELO fans.

By Jeb Wright
 

 
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